Brown Before Green

Like my friends who espouse all things Green, I want to live on a healthy planet. I really do. But I’m tired of the guilt; I’m suspicious of the manipulation. And I’m weary of being lectured by people who seem to care more about the planet than the people on it. Hollywood and Washington have shaped the issue, and now, all things Eco-friendly are up for sale. Well, that’s fine. But when it comes to jobs, the people who make a difference aren’t covered in green. They’re covered in Brown – dirt, mud, grime, grease, or maybe something worse. I’m no expert, but if we’re going to save the Earth, the color of Dirt makes a heck of a lot more sense than the color of Envy. The way I see it, if we really want to get clean and green, we’re gonna have to get down with brown. In other words, we’re going to have to get our hands dirty.

What’s Brown Before Green?? – Dirty Jobs

Here at mikeroweWORKS, we believe that everything was brown before it was green and that’s where people should start. Or so we think anyway. Watch the video and see what the term “Brown Before Green” actually means.

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How Much Green do You Spend to be Green?

This article gives us food for thought…or maybe it should be refuse for thought, because it does make you wonder how successful we are at being green when we are spending so much and restrictions are so excessive that the environmental benefits almost seem secondary.

What green would you rather have?

By: Art HenSchen
Waste & Recycling News

Is the solution to a recession or depression to spend, spend, spend? How can that make any sense?
Municipalities across the country are turning to privatization to balance their budgets, yet they demand the vendor spend millions to accommodate them. They want to move from rear-load service to automated; they want CNG trucks; they want everything imaginable recycled; they want yard waste to disappear; and now they want food waste collected. Read More...

Recycling paint idea came from ‘Dirty Jobs’

A Dirty Jobs viewer is inspired to start his own paint recycling business.

By Josh Shannon
ON THE JOB
Ceil Whig

How did you get your start?

I was actually watching an episode of “Dirty Jobs” where (host) Mike Rowe went out to Oregon and visited a place where they recycled the paint. I was sitting on the couch, there were a couple feet of snow outside, and I said to my wife, “You know, we can do this. If there’s paint there, there’s paint here.” We did it out of our home for a year, and then Cecil County, when I called them, said they needed our services. Read More...

The Birth of a Green Roof

We’ve done quite a few green roofs in our business but something just seemed “special” about this particular roof. Maybe it was the fact that the roof was oddly at street level or maybe it was because the roof was actually the businesses front entrance way or maybe it was just because of what the business receiving the roof does for our area. Yeah, that’s definitely it! Read More...